Burundi vs North Korea: Democracy
Burundi
1
in 2025
North Korea
1
in 2025
Burundi rank
90th
North Korea rank
90th
Democracy over time
- Burundi
- North Korea
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 1 against 1 in North Korea, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1945 it was North Korea ahead.
Burundi ranks 90th and North Korea ranks 90th of 175 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 4 and North Korea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Burundi |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | Burundi |
| 1990s | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | Burundi |
| 2000s | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Burundi |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | North Korea |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Burundi or North Korea?
- Burundi, at 1 against 1 in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Burundi and North Korea?
- 0, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and North Korea?
- 81 years are reported by both, from 1945 to 2025.
- How do Burundi and North Korea rank globally for democracy?
- Burundi ranks 90th and North Korea ranks 90th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).